TRANSYLVANIA
An Industrial, Tourist, Ed
ucational, A g r i c ultural
and Music Center. Popula
tion, I960 Census, 15,321.
Brevard Community 7,394.
THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES
* A State And National Prize-Winning A. B. C. Newspaper
TRANSYLVANLA
Tbe Land of Waterfalls,
Mecca for Summer Gamps,
Entrance to Pisgah Ra
tional Forest and Home of
Brevard Music Festival.
Vol. 69 — No. 34
Second Class Mail Privileges
Authorized at Brevard, N. C.
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1958
* 18 PAGES TODAY ★
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THE CORN GROWS TALL — The
T nu's Staff Photographer read in the
Waynesville Mountaineer last week that
P. H. Holland had 13-foot-tall corn at
Hazelwood and it was believed to be the
t. est corn in Haywood county. He then
went to two local gardens instead of into
the beautiful corn fields out in Transyl
vania and found corn soaring to heights
of nearly 14 feet. At the left is Walter
Rogers, owner of a taxicab concern,
whose fine garden is located on Jordan
>treet. At the right is Dr. C. J. Goodwin,
well-known local dentist, who gardens as
a hobby off the Country club road.
(Times Staff Photos)
Transylvania's Part In The New
Civil Defense Program Outlined
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Chief Planner Says Law Re
quires Adopting Of For
mat. Groups Named
Transylvania’s part in the North
Carolina Operational Survival plan
project of Civil Defense was ex
plained to municipal and county of
ficials and civic leaders Tuesday
morning here at the city hall by V.
T. Watlev, of Raleigh, who is the
chief planner.
Presiding over the meeting was
"Weldon Misenheimer, Transylva
nia Civil Defense commander, and
attending in addition to the aider
men and the commissioners were
representatives of the fire depart
ment, the police department,
health office and the press and ra
dio.
Mr. Whatley outlined a Prototype
Reception and Care plan, and ex
plained that Transylvania, in ac
cordance with the state law, is to
prepare a similar one.
“The plan conforms with state
and federal ones and during emer
gencies, it outlines operations to be
followed,'’ Mr. Whatley declared.
There are seven “target” areas
in North Carolina, and it will be
Transylvania’s job to lend assis
tance to one of them, Asheville, in
case of an enemy attack.
Specifically, this county must
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CALENDAR OF
COMING EVENTS
Thursday, August 21 — Blood
mobile at Brevard College 10-12
and 2-6. Story hour at library at
9:30 a. m. Lions club meets at Gai
ther’s at 7:00 p. m. Booster club
meets at BUS at 7:30 o'clock. Ma
sons meet at 8:00 o’clock at the
temple.
Friday, Aug. 22 — Transylvania
Humane Society begins “Buy-A
Block” campaign.
Saturday, Aug. 23 — Ace of
Clubs meets at Silversteen center
rt 7:30 o'clock.
Sunday, Aug. 24 — Attend the
church of your choice.
Monday, Aug. 25 — Rotary club
meets al Gaither’s, at 7:00 o’
clock.
Tuesday, Aug. 26 — Ace of Clubs
meets at 7:30 o’clock.
Wednesday, Aug. 27 — Jaycees
meet at Gaither’s at 6:30 o’clock.
Several Accidents Reported,
Damages High, Injuries Slight
A series of wrecks in Transylva
nia county during the past week is
reported today by State Highway
Patrolman Bill Sawyer.
A ’51 Ford .ran off the road at
Calvert on Highway 64 Tuesday
afternoon. After leaving the high
way, it jumped a culvert and trav
eled some 300 feet before hitting
a tree. The driver ran from the
scene and has not been identi
fied. The car, according to Patrol
man Sawyer, has been taken taken
into custody and is stored at Hog
sed garage at Rosman.
Tuesday afternoon three youths
ran the car in which they were rid
ing head-on into another vehicle
in which a Florida couple was rid
ing just across the line in Jackson
county.
Both cars were damaged, and
the youths fled from the scene- of
the accident. Patrolman Horace
Morrow, who was formerly sta
tioned here, is investigating.
One person was slightly injured
when two vehicles collided at the
intersection of highways N. C. 276
and N. C. 280 near Brevard Sun
day.
Injured was tylrs. Rachael Ab
ernathy. 21, wife of one of the driv
ers. Don E. Abernathy, 33. of
Stanley. The other vehicle was op
erated by R. K. Whitaker, 67, of
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Plans Being Formulated For Opening
Of Schools In County On September 2
BLOODMOBILE AT
COLLEGE THURSDAY
Wilson Makes Plea For Pub
lic To Give. Need Is Said
To Be Great
The American Red Cross
Bloodmobile will be at Brevard
college on Thursday of this
week. Don Y. Wilson, Jr., who is
in charge of the recruitment pro
gram in Transylvania, announces j
today.
The bloodmobile will be in the
college gym. Hours will be from j
10 until 12 in the morning, and |
from 2:00 ’til 6:00 p. m., Thurs- j
day afternoon .
Mr. Wilson cordially invites
the public to give a pint of
blood.
“The need right here in Wes
tern North Carolina is great, j
and we will appreciate a good |
response,’’ >Ir. Wilson staled.
MILLARD TEAGUE
GIVEN PROMOTION
Brevard Man To Manage,
Sales Activities Of Ecus
ta Fine Paper
i .Millard C. Teague has been nam
ed manager for fine paper sales,
i usta paper division, Olin Mathi ■
on Chemical corporation, it was
announced by W. E. Zimmermann.
Ecusta director of sales and mar
keting.
In this new responsibility Mr.
Teague will devote special atten
t on to the sales activities growing
out of projects involving the coop
erative work of the Sales and Re
search Departments. Increased em
phasis on the coordinated develop
ment and sale of new and improved
fine papers, such as lightweight
printing papers, is an essential part
of the expanding Ecusta program
for achieving full utilization of its
new fine paper production capac
ity.
In addition he will have direct
sales responsibilities with many of
the company’s present large cus
tomers and will be developing n_*w
i customers.
Parkway Stretch Being
Blacktopped In Pisgah j
New black-top paving on the
11-mile stretch of the Blue Ridge
Parkway in Transylvania is
nearly completed, p checkup this
j week, shows.
' First coat topping has been
i completed and the finish coat is
approximately three - fourths
done. Paving started at the
Beech Gap end.
1 The Parkway is only open on
George McCleary Named Manager Of
OM's Ecusta Paper Sales Operation
George W. MeCleary has been
named sales manager for the Ecus
ta paper operation of Olin Math
ieson Chemical corporation, it was
announced today by W. E. Zimmer
mann, Ecusta director of sales and
marketing. He will be located at
the Ecusta plant site at Pisgah
Forest.
Mr. MeCleary, formerly adver
tising and promotion manager for
the corporation's packaging film
operations, will be responsible for
promotion and sale of lightweight
printing and Bible paper, carbon
izing tissues, and lightweight spec
ialty papers.
Ecusta recently announced a
program to expand and diversify
its lines of lightweight papers. A
tenth Fourdrinier machine, nam
ed “Cherokee Arrow,” has been
installed at Pisgah Forest. It will
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GEORGE W. C. McLEARY
Sundays and legal holidays, but
it is expected that it will be open
ed up continuously sometime
next month.
New parking areas are being
paved and stone “rims” placed
around the vista stops.
At far end of the stretch, H.
R. Stewart has already started
on new contract from Beech Gap
eight miles west, and Dillard
the week totaled 1.20 inches. Daily
work on the overpass bridge.
The Weather
Quiumi
There were no major changes in
last week's weather, with mostly
continued hot days and comfort
ably cool nights. Precipitation for
the week totaled 1.20 inchse. Daily
readings are as follows.
High Low
87 66
Wednesday
Thursday
F riday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
82
84
89
78
82
82
65
65
63
65
52
56
Pre.
.41
.02
.63
.13
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CLINIC HOURS GIVEN
Good response was reported at
the first clinic last Friday in the
new Transylvania Health center
adjacent to the radio station. Hours
of the clinic on this coming Fri
day will be from 8:30 a. m., until
noon, and from 1:00 p. m., until
4:30 o’clock.
DAVID M. HALL, of Sylva, who was recently nom
inated by the 20-member executive committee of the
12th congressional district as the Democratic candidate
to congress to succeed George Shuford, visited in Tran
sylvania last Friday afternoon. The cute “Indian Maid”
welcoming him to town is Gina Brown, summer visitor
here from Venice, Florida. Among the county officials
chatting with him during the afternoon, from left to
right, were: Sheriff “Scott” Dillingham, Representative
James C. Gaither and Clerk of Court Marvin McCall.
_(Times Staff Photo)
Dollar Has Dwindled
Living Costs Up iG5% In Past
20 Years, Uncle Sam Reveals
CAMPER SUCCEEDS
LYNCH, HATCHERY
Will Serve As Area Biolo
gist. Has Had Varied Ex
perience, Training
James M. Lynch, who has been
serving as acting superintendent
of the Pisgah rearing station until
it was combined recently with the
new fish hatchery in the Pisgah
National forest, is being transfer
red to Cortland, New York, Mau
rice Bryant, the superintendent,
announces today.
Mr. Lynch will spend a year of
study at the Eastern Fish Nutri
tion laboratory in the service train
ing school operated by the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife service.
Jimmy Camper has been assign
ed quarters, office and laboratory
space at the new hatchery in the
Pisgah National forest.
Mr. Camper has recently com
pleted a year of study at the Fish
and Wildlife Service Micro-biolog
ical laboratory at Leetown, West
Virginia.
Mr. Camper will operate out of
the Pisgah Forest hatchery and
serve as area biologist, placing par
ticular emphasis on solving fish
nutrition and disease problems at
the various fish cultural stations
operated by the Fish and Wildlife
Service in the Southeastern states.
In addition to his training and
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Experts Give Rundown On
Various Commodities.
Some Declines Noted
Attention Mr. and Mrs. Tran
sylvania: The price of living has
really gone up!
According to government statis
tics the cost of living has gone up
105 per cent in the last 20 years.
People now pay $2.05 for some
thing that they could buy for a dol
lar back in 1938.
Government experts’ data shows
that from 1938 to 1943 consumer
costs rose 23 per cent; from 1943
to 1948, 39 percent; from 1948 to
1953, 11 per cent; and from 1953
to 1958, 8 per cent.
For example, the cost of gas and
electricity rose only a little over
11 per cent, while coal and fuel oil
jumped 129 per cent.
In the 1938-58 span, the cost of
a pair of baby shoes rose 171 per
cent; a new car, 125 per cent; rent,
60 per cent; and food, 151 per cent.
Hospital cost eclipsed almost ev
erything else, rising nearly 300
per cent.
In the 1953-’58 period, food had
increased 7.8 per cent; housing,
8.6 per cent; rents, 11 per cent;
clothing, 1.8 per cent; and coal
fuel oil, 6.3 per cent.
During this period (1953-58),
hospital costs rose 33 per cent.
But in the past five years, there
were substantial price declines,
too. Appliances, probably due to
price discounts, dropped 15 per
cent.
So it goes in the mixed-up price
world consumers face every day.
Log Reviewed
WPNF’s Program Director Urges All
Housewives To Hear Coffee Time Daily
WPNF's “Coffee Time,” which
vent on the air in September of
last year as a Saturday morning
feature program, has now become
a daily show for the housewife. The
program will offer such interest
ing items as household hints, shop
ping tips, good food buys, recipes,
shortcuts to easier housekeeping,
etc.
A1 Martin, originator of the lo
cal show, will also keep everyone
informed on the latest weather in
formation, temperature, world
wide and local happenings of in
terest in this area, as well as pre
sent special human-interest fea
tures from the associated press.
Another feature of the daily
“Coffee Time” show is the alma
nac which lists events that happen
ed on that particular date in his
tory. t .
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PRINCIPALS HAVE
ASSUMED DUTIES,
TEACHER NEEDED
Definite Increase In Enroll
ment Anticipated. Survey
Is Made
LIST IS ANNOUNCED
Transylvania’s school officials
are now busy preparing for the op
ening of schools on Sept. 2nd, and
the various principals returned to
their work 0n Monday, Supt.
Wayne Bradburn announces.
A meeting of the principals and
teachers is set for Sept. 1st, and a
half-day session of schools is slated
on Sept. 2nd. Full-scale operations
will begin on the following day.
Supt. Bradburn reported yester
day that there is one teacher vacan
cy in the school system, that being
the fifth grade at Brevard elemen
tary.
In all, the county is assigned 120
teachers, plus two district princi
pals, seven individual school prin
cipals, four vocational instructions,
tv o music teachers and a supervis
or.
Robert T. Kimzey is principal of
district one, and E. F. Tilson is dis
trict two principal.
A definite increase in enroll
n ent is foreseen in the school sys
tem, especially here at Brevard
high school.
According to Principal Kimzey.
tl e increase will probably be more
than 120 students, which empha
sizes the need for pushing of con
struction of the new Brevard high
school on the Country club road
i he teacher list, J*4 ;chools, is as
follows:
Brevard High School
Mrs. George Wilson, Mrs. Eula
Clarke, Benjamin Fishburn, Mrs.
Rose N. Burrell, Glenn W. Gallo
way, Randal J. Lyday, Donald Mc
Leod, Mrs. Sara K. Tilson, Mrs.
Marion B. Verner, Mrs. Carol M.
Wells, Mrs. Lucill V. Trantham,
Wm. Marshall Teague, Mrs. Alma
L. Galloway, Mrs. Ruth H. An
drews, Mrs. Lucille E. Sledge, Mrs.
Margaret M. Kimzey, Ralph Hum
phries, Frieda Manuel, David Corn,
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MANE SOCIETY
CONDUCTS DRIVE
“Buy-A-Block” Campaign
Will Be Staged On Fri
day And Saturday
The Transylvania County Hu
mane society, Inc., is having its an
nual “Buy-A-Block” drive this
Friday and Saturday to raise funds
for the animal shelter to be built
on Ross road.
At the downtown booth there
will be a poster showing the exact
location of the proposed building
and a member of the Humane so
ciety will be on hand both days
to answer all questions from any
one interested in knowing more
about this civic project.
According to officials this or
ganization has carried on an effec
tive work program in spite of its
limitations and handicaps, and
has made steady progress toward
achieving its aims during the two
and one-half years since it was in
corporated in February 1956.
An important phase of the work
is the picking up and placement of
unwanted and stray dogs and cats
and the caring for injured and lost
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Mrs. McCrary Will
Hold Story Hour
The Story hour at the Transyl
vania county library was held on
the lawn of the library Thursday
morning, with the regular attend
ance of local and visiting children
here for the summer.
Mrs. James F. Nichols was in
charge of the program which con
sisted of stories and readings from
children’s books by famous auth
ors.
Mrs. Mary Jane McCrary will
tell the stories next Thursday, Au
gust 21, at 9:30. Her subject will
be “Indians”.